USC announces new school of dance


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USC will gain a sixth school of the arts with the addition of the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, President C. L. Max Nikias announced Friday in an open letter to the USC community. The school and the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center at USC will be founded with the aid of an endowment […]

Teacher evaluations need improvement


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Poor teaching plagues bright futures. Evaluating the performance of teachers has become essential to improving school systems across the nation; however, student scores on standardized tests should never be taken as the measure of an educator’s worth. With the rise of new test score-based models such as Los Angeles Unified School District’s “Academic Growth Over […]

NCAA grants Oraby eligibility


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The USC men’s basketball team received a big boost right before the season opener against Coppin State, when 7-foot-two-inch transfer center Omar Oraby was granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA. Hardship waivers are requested when a player wishes to override the standard one-year waiting period for transfers due to mitigating personal circumstances. USC applied […]

Undeclared students need more comprehensive advisement


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At orientation, students in most majors are given sample four-year schedules detailing when to take what classes. Some freshmen have their entire college career mapped out by the second week of school.    But what about the students who have not yet selected a major? Unfortunately for them, USC lacks an advisement system comprehensive enough […]

USC Housing to implement fingerprinting technology


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Beginning next week, USC residence halls will require students to present their student ID and scan their fingerprint in order to gain entry to their buildings, according to an email from USC Housing. The email said the move was made to better ensure safety in USC Housing facilities. “As part of USC Housing’s continuing effort […]

Networks call re-election for Obama


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President Barack Obama finished off a hard-fought race with a victory, becoming re-elected as the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday night. As most major networks began calling the election around 8:20 p.m., hundreds of students keeping tabs on the results in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center erupted in screams and cheers. Though […]

Swedish House Mafia bids farewell with tour, Until Now


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Axwell, Ingrosso and Angello, otherwise known as Swedish House Mafia, are calling it quits, as most people have heard by now. Since making the announcement, the trio released its second and final full-length album, titled Until Now on Oct. 22 with EMI Records. The group’s first album, called Until One, was released in 2010. If […]

Nikias announces new security measures


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In response to last week’s Halloween shooting, President C.L. Max Nikias announced new campus safety measures Tuesday morning, including restricting access to campus from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and requiring anyone entering campus after-hours to show appropriate identification. Several changes to event-planning policies went into effect immediately. The new policies include banning the use of […]